8 Best Work-at-Home Companies to Work For

From flex time to remote work, employees are seeking work-from-home perks - and employers are listening.

“More than 60 percent of organizations surveyed by the Society of Human Resource Management this year said they allow some type of telecommuting, up from 20 percent in 1996,” reports Rebecca Greenfield at Bloomberg.

Greenfield notes the reasons behind telecommuting vary. It can be a feature of a full-time job or a more “ad-hoc” benefit - such as working around school drop-off and pick-up or waiting on the cable guy.

Looking for a job with flexible hours to fit your lifestyle? Add one of these 8 great work-at-home companies to your application list.

Tech Industry

It probably comes as no surprise that some of the best flexible work environments come from within the tech industry.

Thanks to a rapid-fire startup culture, tech companies new and old have quickly adapted to new expectations about what it means to work - and whether their employees can clock in from outside the office.

Some startups - like the telecommuting jobs site FlexJobs - have embraced this mindset so completely that they only have remote employees.

“The bottom line is that a virtual company can be just as viable, professional, and successful as a traditional on-site company, and even more so,” Sara Sutton Fell, the CEO of FlexJobs, told Forbes.

“In FlexJobs’ own virtual environment, we have built new and useful processes, learned how to collaborate creatively with each other, and grown a healthy, vibrant company culture, not in spite of our lack of headquarters, but largely because of it,” Fell added.

Here are three additional tech giants with generous work-from-home policies:

1. Appen

The global search and speech technology giant behind devices like Amazon’s Alexa and Apple’s Siri is always on the lookout for work-from-home hires.

From social media managers to voice technicians, Appen offers “work from home opportunities for exciting, flexible, short-term projects as well as full-time corporate opportunities,” according to their website.

And - not for nothing - they were named as one of the top flexible employers by Forbes for three years running.

2. Xerox

From Customer Support to Software Engineering, Xerox employs more than 8,000 remote workers - and is constantly looking to hire more.

According to the Working Mother blog, Xerox ramped up its hiring in the spring and early summer of 2017, which is good news for job hunters.

In addition to flexible schedules, the company promotes lower commuting costs, comfortable work environments, and better work/life balance - as well as a support program for military vets returning from active duty.

Health Care

2017 is turning out to be the year that major players in the health insurance industry turn to flexible and remote work options.

From Cigna to United Health, most companies are hiring for remote positions, so be sure to check out FlexJobs for more outstanding employers in the healthcare industry. Here are two of the best to keep your eye on:

4. Aetna

One of the best perks of working for this Hartford, CT-based insurer? A killer bonus package, writes Maria Carter at Woman’s Day.

“[Aetna’s] work-from-home jobs are eligible for all of Aetna's standard employee benefits, including medical, dental and vision coverage,” Carter reports.

“Aetna employees also have access to stock purchasing, on-site fitness centers, tuition assistance, and student loan assistance for those who qualify.”

Head over to Aetna’s careers page to discover what kinds of remote positions you can tackle today.

5. Humana

At Humana, remote workers range from in-home nurses to specialists in charge of managing care referrals.

And, according to CNN Money, the Atlanta-based insurer was one of the 20 companies offering the most full-time job postings in the country in 2016, topping the FlexJobs list of best work-from-home employers.

The company has also “received numerous workplace awards, including the Computerworld 100 Best Places to Work in IT, the Best Employer for Healthy Lifestyles award from the National Business Group, and a ranking of 58 on the Fortune 500 list,” reports John Rampton at Inc.

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